AE8401 AERODYNAMICS - I L T P C

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OBJECTIVES:
 To introduce the concepts of mass, momentum and energy conservation relating to
aerodynamics.
 To make the student understand the concept of vorticity, irrotationality, theory of airfoils
and wing sections.
 To introduce the basics of viscous flow.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION TO LOW SPEED FLOW 9

Euler equation, incompressible bernoulli’s equation. circulation and vorticity, green’s lemma and
stoke’s theorem, barotropic flow, kelvin’s theorem, streamline, stream function, irrotational flow,
potential function, equipontential lines, elementary flows and their combinations.

UNIT II TWO DIMENSIONAL INVISCID INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW 9

Ideal Flow over a circular cylinder, D’Alembert’s paradox, magnus effect, Kutta joukowski’s
theorem, starting vortex, kutta condition, real flow over smooth and rough cylinder.

UNIT III AIRFOIL THEORY 9

Cauchy-riemann relations, complex potential, methodology of conformal transformation, kutta-
joukowski transformation and its applications, thin airfoil theory and its applications.

UNIT IV SUBSONIC WING THEORY 9

Vortex filament, biot and savart law, bound vortex and trailing vortex, horse shoe vortex, lifting line
theory and its limitations.

UNIT V INTRODUCTION TO BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY 9

Boundary layer and boundary layer thickness, displacement thickness, momentum thickness,
energy thickness, shape parameter, boundary layer equations for a steady, two dimensional
incompressible flow, boundary layer growth over a flat plate, critical reynolds number, blasius
solution, basics of turbulent flow.

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES
 An ability to apply airfoil theory to predict airfoil performance
 Analyze and optimize wing performance
 A knowledge of incompressible flow
 A knowledge of subsonic wing theory
 Apply propeller theory to predict blade performance
 An exposure to Boundary layer theory

TEXT BOOKS:
1. Anderson, J.D., "Fundamentals of Aerodynamics", McGraw Hill Book Co., 2010
2. Houghton, E.L., and Caruthers, N.B., "Aerodynamics for Engineering students", Edward
Arnold Publishers Ltd., London, 1989.

REFERENCES:
1. Clancey, L J.," Aerodynamics", Pitman, 1986
2. John J Bertin., "Aerodynamics for Engineers", Pearson Education Inc, 2002
3. Kuethe, A.M and Chow, C.Y, “Foundations of Aerodynamics”, Fifth Edition, John Wiley &
Sons, 2000.
4. Milne Thomson, L.H., "Theoretical Aerodynamics", Macmillan, 1985

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